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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Want to be the first to learn about new datasets and use of data in GBIF? Check out @gbifmorpho.bsky.social 🦋
Want to be the first to learn about new datasets and use of data in GBIF? Check out @gbifmorpho.bsky.social 🦋
⭐ Announcing the Virtual Data Use Workshop for Asia 2026 hosted by the GBIF Asia Regional Support Team ⭐
✍️ Workshop dates: 16–17 March 2026
Application deadline: 25 February 2026, 23:59 UTC
🔗 gbif.link/Asia-data-...
✍️ Workshop dates: 16–17 March 2026
Application deadline: 25 February 2026, 23:59 UTC
🔗 gbif.link/Asia-data-...
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
⭐ Announcing the Virtual Data Use Workshop for Asia 2026 hosted by the GBIF Asia Regional Support Team ⭐
✍️ Workshop dates: 16–17 March 2026
Application deadline: 25 February 2026, 23:59 UTC
🔗 gbif.link/Asia-data-...
✍️ Workshop dates: 16–17 March 2026
Application deadline: 25 February 2026, 23:59 UTC
🔗 gbif.link/Asia-data-...
⭐ Join the Introduction to GBIF participation #WestAsia webinar: 10 March 2026 10:00 - 11:30 CET
🔗 gbif.link/participat...
Registration is intended for government & reps from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates & Yemen
🔗 gbif.link/participat...
Registration is intended for government & reps from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates & Yemen
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
⭐ Join the Introduction to GBIF participation #WestAsia webinar: 10 March 2026 10:00 - 11:30 CET
🔗 gbif.link/participat...
Registration is intended for government & reps from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates & Yemen
🔗 gbif.link/participat...
Registration is intended for government & reps from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates & Yemen
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During a brief pause in the action at #IPBES12 @phylojoe.bsky.social & I had the chance to welcome Ethiopia as @gbif.org's the newest participant! 🇪🇹 🎉
Tesfu Fekensa & his colleagues at #EBI are eager to get the national GBIF delegation and node that they host up and running #ForNature !
Tesfu Fekensa & his colleagues at #EBI are eager to get the national GBIF delegation and node that they host up and running #ForNature !
February 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
During a brief pause in the action at #IPBES12 @phylojoe.bsky.social & I had the chance to welcome Ethiopia as @gbif.org's the newest participant! 🇪🇹 🎉
Tesfu Fekensa & his colleagues at #EBI are eager to get the national GBIF delegation and node that they host up and running #ForNature !
Tesfu Fekensa & his colleagues at #EBI are eager to get the national GBIF delegation and node that they host up and running #ForNature !
📣 Call for sessions for TDWG 2026
You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway.
Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards
⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1
Learn more: 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere...
@tdwg.org
You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway.
Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards
⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1
Learn more: 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere...
@tdwg.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📣 Call for sessions for TDWG 2026
You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway.
Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards
⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1
Learn more: 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere...
@tdwg.org
You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway.
Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards
⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1
Learn more: 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere...
@tdwg.org
🎉 Registrations & abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek26 are OPEN!
Bring your biodiversity monitoring work to the European stage and submit your contribution under one of the 9 themes.
🔗 www.biomonweek.eu/
@biodiversa.eu, @bioagora.eu, #AllianceForNature, GBIF & MARCO-BOLO project
Bring your biodiversity monitoring work to the European stage and submit your contribution under one of the 9 themes.
🔗 www.biomonweek.eu/
@biodiversa.eu, @bioagora.eu, #AllianceForNature, GBIF & MARCO-BOLO project
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🎉 Registrations & abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek26 are OPEN!
Bring your biodiversity monitoring work to the European stage and submit your contribution under one of the 9 themes.
🔗 www.biomonweek.eu/
@biodiversa.eu, @bioagora.eu, #AllianceForNature, GBIF & MARCO-BOLO project
Bring your biodiversity monitoring work to the European stage and submit your contribution under one of the 9 themes.
🔗 www.biomonweek.eu/
@biodiversa.eu, @bioagora.eu, #AllianceForNature, GBIF & MARCO-BOLO project
1) Never smile at a crocodile 🐊 unless you're deep-diving into learning about its phylogenetic history! 🧬🤩
Modern crocodilian species belong to the Neosuchia clade, but there are currently many evolutionary knowledge gaps for this group.
Modern crocodilian species belong to the Neosuchia clade, but there are currently many evolutionary knowledge gaps for this group.
February 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM
1) Never smile at a crocodile 🐊 unless you're deep-diving into learning about its phylogenetic history! 🧬🤩
Modern crocodilian species belong to the Neosuchia clade, but there are currently many evolutionary knowledge gaps for this group.
Modern crocodilian species belong to the Neosuchia clade, but there are currently many evolutionary knowledge gaps for this group.
🐆 LAST DAY!
Call for proposals for the @ec.europa.eu-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme close today (2 Feb, 16:00 CET)!
Project in #SubSaharanAfrica, #LatinAmerica #Caribbean & #Pacific are invited.
Call: gbif.link/BID-region...
FAQs: gbif.link/BID-FAQs
Call for proposals for the @ec.europa.eu-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme close today (2 Feb, 16:00 CET)!
Project in #SubSaharanAfrica, #LatinAmerica #Caribbean & #Pacific are invited.
Call: gbif.link/BID-region...
FAQs: gbif.link/BID-FAQs
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🐆 LAST DAY!
Call for proposals for the @ec.europa.eu-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme close today (2 Feb, 16:00 CET)!
Project in #SubSaharanAfrica, #LatinAmerica #Caribbean & #Pacific are invited.
Call: gbif.link/BID-region...
FAQs: gbif.link/BID-FAQs
Call for proposals for the @ec.europa.eu-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme close today (2 Feb, 16:00 CET)!
Project in #SubSaharanAfrica, #LatinAmerica #Caribbean & #Pacific are invited.
Call: gbif.link/BID-region...
FAQs: gbif.link/BID-FAQs
🔎 From biodiversity observations to insights: Hands-on training 🤝
Over the upcoming Fridays at 15:00 CET, @b-cubed.eu is hosting a training series to showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice.
🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
Over the upcoming Fridays at 15:00 CET, @b-cubed.eu is hosting a training series to showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice.
🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🔎 From biodiversity observations to insights: Hands-on training 🤝
Over the upcoming Fridays at 15:00 CET, @b-cubed.eu is hosting a training series to showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice.
🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
Over the upcoming Fridays at 15:00 CET, @b-cubed.eu is hosting a training series to showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice.
🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
1) 🦅 Keep calm and carrion.
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM
1) 🦅 Keep calm and carrion.
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊
1) Connecting biodiversity, culture, tech and community💚 Spotlighting #GBIFEstonia, #eElurikkus! 🎉
In 2024, the team expanded public engagement and improved citizen-science data quality during the 2024 Nature Observations Marathon!
In 2024, the team expanded public engagement and improved citizen-science data quality during the 2024 Nature Observations Marathon!
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
1) Connecting biodiversity, culture, tech and community💚 Spotlighting #GBIFEstonia, #eElurikkus! 🎉
In 2024, the team expanded public engagement and improved citizen-science data quality during the 2024 Nature Observations Marathon!
In 2024, the team expanded public engagement and improved citizen-science data quality during the 2024 Nature Observations Marathon!
🚀 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now OPEN!
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🚀 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now OPEN!
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
Registrations and abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek2026 open on 4 February 2026!
Explore the 9️⃣ conference themes and list of contributed sessions!
🗓️ 4-8 May 2026
🌐 www.biomonweek.eu
Co-organized by @biodiversa.eu #AllianceforNature @bioagora.eu @gbif.org & @marco-bolo.bsky.social
Explore the 9️⃣ conference themes and list of contributed sessions!
🗓️ 4-8 May 2026
🌐 www.biomonweek.eu
Co-organized by @biodiversa.eu #AllianceforNature @bioagora.eu @gbif.org & @marco-bolo.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Registrations and abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek2026 open on 4 February 2026!
Explore the 9️⃣ conference themes and list of contributed sessions!
🗓️ 4-8 May 2026
🌐 www.biomonweek.eu
Co-organized by @biodiversa.eu #AllianceforNature @bioagora.eu @gbif.org & @marco-bolo.bsky.social
Explore the 9️⃣ conference themes and list of contributed sessions!
🗓️ 4-8 May 2026
🌐 www.biomonweek.eu
Co-organized by @biodiversa.eu #AllianceforNature @bioagora.eu @gbif.org & @marco-bolo.bsky.social
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All videos from our #LivingData2025 conference with @geobon.org, @gbif.org, and @obis.org are now public! It was an amazing conference in Bogota, Colombia, thanks to our hosts at Instituto Humboldt. www.youtube.com/@LivingData2...
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
All videos from our #LivingData2025 conference with @geobon.org, @gbif.org, and @obis.org are now public! It was an amazing conference in Bogota, Colombia, thanks to our hosts at Instituto Humboldt. www.youtube.com/@LivingData2...
Long slime, no see! 💚👋
More than 34,000 new slime mould occurrences have been made available on GBIF, mediated by Biodiversity Data Journal ZooKeys!
This study represent the first continent-scale assessment of slime moulds in Europe!
🔗gbif.link/slime-moulds
More than 34,000 new slime mould occurrences have been made available on GBIF, mediated by Biodiversity Data Journal ZooKeys!
This study represent the first continent-scale assessment of slime moulds in Europe!
🔗gbif.link/slime-moulds
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Long slime, no see! 💚👋
More than 34,000 new slime mould occurrences have been made available on GBIF, mediated by Biodiversity Data Journal ZooKeys!
This study represent the first continent-scale assessment of slime moulds in Europe!
🔗gbif.link/slime-moulds
More than 34,000 new slime mould occurrences have been made available on GBIF, mediated by Biodiversity Data Journal ZooKeys!
This study represent the first continent-scale assessment of slime moulds in Europe!
🔗gbif.link/slime-moulds
🦋 The Swiss Node of GBIF (GBIF.ch) and #SwissNatColl has transformed access to Switzerland’s natural history collections by launching a national data aggregator that improves the discoverability, standardization and reusability of specimen data.
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🦋 The Swiss Node of GBIF (GBIF.ch) and #SwissNatColl has transformed access to Switzerland’s natural history collections by launching a national data aggregator that improves the discoverability, standardization and reusability of specimen data.
🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is now open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes!
Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026
#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity
Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026
#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is now open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes!
Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026
#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity
Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026
#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity
🦑 Rough seas ahead for commercial squid species
Researchers modeled distributions for 12 squid species using GBIF, OBIS and climate data under different climate scenarios, but results showed regional variation across species.
Read more in the GBIF Science Review🔗gbif.link/science_re...
Researchers modeled distributions for 12 squid species using GBIF, OBIS and climate data under different climate scenarios, but results showed regional variation across species.
Read more in the GBIF Science Review🔗gbif.link/science_re...
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🦑 Rough seas ahead for commercial squid species
Researchers modeled distributions for 12 squid species using GBIF, OBIS and climate data under different climate scenarios, but results showed regional variation across species.
Read more in the GBIF Science Review🔗gbif.link/science_re...
Researchers modeled distributions for 12 squid species using GBIF, OBIS and climate data under different climate scenarios, but results showed regional variation across species.
Read more in the GBIF Science Review🔗gbif.link/science_re...
1) 🌿 Spotlighting #GBIFBenin!
Benin has been part of the GBIF network since 2004, became a voting participant in 2024, and has contributed almost 1M biodiversity records to date! 🚀
Benin has been part of the GBIF network since 2004, became a voting participant in 2024, and has contributed almost 1M biodiversity records to date! 🚀
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
1) 🌿 Spotlighting #GBIFBenin!
Benin has been part of the GBIF network since 2004, became a voting participant in 2024, and has contributed almost 1M biodiversity records to date! 🚀
Benin has been part of the GBIF network since 2004, became a voting participant in 2024, and has contributed almost 1M biodiversity records to date! 🚀
📢 Registrations for #BioMonWeek2026 are opening in early February!
📍 Montpellier, France
📅 4–8 May 2026
Join the first edition of the European conference on biodiversity monitoring!
www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO project, @bioagora.eu #AllianceforNature
📍 Montpellier, France
📅 4–8 May 2026
Join the first edition of the European conference on biodiversity monitoring!
www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO project, @bioagora.eu #AllianceforNature
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📢 Registrations for #BioMonWeek2026 are opening in early February!
📍 Montpellier, France
📅 4–8 May 2026
Join the first edition of the European conference on biodiversity monitoring!
www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO project, @bioagora.eu #AllianceforNature
📍 Montpellier, France
📅 4–8 May 2026
Join the first edition of the European conference on biodiversity monitoring!
www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO project, @bioagora.eu #AllianceforNature
📣 Last days to have your say in the official @tdwg.org Darwin Core public review!
⚡ Get involved! All community members are encouraged to participate.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...
⚡ Get involved! All community members are encouraged to participate.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📣 Last days to have your say in the official @tdwg.org Darwin Core public review!
⚡ Get involved! All community members are encouraged to participate.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...
⚡ Get involved! All community members are encouraged to participate.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...
Last chance to register!
🤔 Have questions about the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) regional and cross-regional call?
📅 Register for the open Q&A session
📍 13 Jan 26, 09:30-10:30 & 15:30-16:30 (UTC+1) (two availabilities)
🔗 gbif.link/BID_QandA
🤔 Have questions about the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) regional and cross-regional call?
📅 Register for the open Q&A session
📍 13 Jan 26, 09:30-10:30 & 15:30-16:30 (UTC+1) (two availabilities)
🔗 gbif.link/BID_QandA
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Last chance to register!
🤔 Have questions about the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) regional and cross-regional call?
📅 Register for the open Q&A session
📍 13 Jan 26, 09:30-10:30 & 15:30-16:30 (UTC+1) (two availabilities)
🔗 gbif.link/BID_QandA
🤔 Have questions about the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) regional and cross-regional call?
📅 Register for the open Q&A session
📍 13 Jan 26, 09:30-10:30 & 15:30-16:30 (UTC+1) (two availabilities)
🔗 gbif.link/BID_QandA
🐦 #CitizenScience supports improved invasive species detection
A recent study compared 200M+ citsci records accessed via GBIF with official data from 30 European countries and found that 50% of invasions were detected earlier or in the same year by citsci.
🔗 gbif.link/citsci_IAS
#DataUse
A recent study compared 200M+ citsci records accessed via GBIF with official data from 30 European countries and found that 50% of invasions were detected earlier or in the same year by citsci.
🔗 gbif.link/citsci_IAS
#DataUse
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🐦 #CitizenScience supports improved invasive species detection
A recent study compared 200M+ citsci records accessed via GBIF with official data from 30 European countries and found that 50% of invasions were detected earlier or in the same year by citsci.
🔗 gbif.link/citsci_IAS
#DataUse
A recent study compared 200M+ citsci records accessed via GBIF with official data from 30 European countries and found that 50% of invasions were detected earlier or in the same year by citsci.
🔗 gbif.link/citsci_IAS
#DataUse
🌍 Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
Under the #UnitedNations Convention on Biological Diversity, a study is examining tools and platforms to support transparent and equitable benefit-sharing from the use of DSI on genetic resources.
✍️ Share your views in this survey: 🔗 gbif.link/CBD-survey
Under the #UnitedNations Convention on Biological Diversity, a study is examining tools and platforms to support transparent and equitable benefit-sharing from the use of DSI on genetic resources.
✍️ Share your views in this survey: 🔗 gbif.link/CBD-survey
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
🌍 Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
Under the #UnitedNations Convention on Biological Diversity, a study is examining tools and platforms to support transparent and equitable benefit-sharing from the use of DSI on genetic resources.
✍️ Share your views in this survey: 🔗 gbif.link/CBD-survey
Under the #UnitedNations Convention on Biological Diversity, a study is examining tools and platforms to support transparent and equitable benefit-sharing from the use of DSI on genetic resources.
✍️ Share your views in this survey: 🔗 gbif.link/CBD-survey
Have you herd? 🦓 We've just published the GBIF quarterly global and country analytics reports!
Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more!
🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...
Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more!
🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Have you herd? 🦓 We've just published the GBIF quarterly global and country analytics reports!
Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more!
🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...
Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more!
🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...